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Tetra Pak's Packaging Material Converting Factory in Denton, Texas, is getting ready for new technology to support the growth of its business in the U.S. and Canada. The plant's expanded capabilities are made possible through a sizeable Euro 30 million investment in factory upgrades, including a new...

International Paper plans to invest approximately $300 million to convert its No. 15 paper machine at the Riverdale mill in Selma, Alabama, from uncoated freesheet to high quality whitetop linerboard and containerboard. The conversion is targeted to be completed by mid-year 2019. The investment will...

U.S. packaging papers shipments August 2017 were 235,900 tons, 1.7% lower than August 2016. Bag & Sack shipments were up 5.5% year-to-date, while Food Wrapping shipments were down 8.5% over the same period. The operating rate for August 2017 was 90.3%, while the year-to-date rate was 88.8%. Inve...

Stora Enso announced in February plans to permanently close down one paper machine 8 (PM8) and related reorganisation at the Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden that could affect a maximum of 140 people at the mill. PM8 was permanently shut down in June, and the negotiations between central parties h...

Norske Skog has entered into a loan agreement for a Euro 16 million liquidity facility with holders of a majority of the SSN (Euro 290 million, 2019) to support the group's operating business throughout the recapitalization process.The newly elected Board of Directors of Norske Skog has invited key ...

Norske Skog's gross operating earnings (EBITDA) in the 2Q 2017 were NOK 190 million ($24.2 million), an increase from NOK 158 million ($20.1 million) in the 1Q 2017. The European units contributed less to gross operating earnings than in the 1Q; whereas, the Australasian units gross operating earnin...

U. S. total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 4% in August 2017, compared to August 2016. Uncoated free sheet paper shipments increased in August while the other three printing-writing grades posted year-over-year shipment declines. U.S. purchases of printing-writing papers also decreased, ...

Verso Corporation's Board of Directors has formed a Strategic Alternatives Committee comprised of independent directors Eugene I. Davis, Alan J. Carr and Steven D. Scheiwe, with Mr. Davis serving as chairperson.The committee, with the assistance of Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., the company's financi...

Two Sides, the global initiative to promote the sustainability of print and paper, reports a 61% success rate in removing misleading environmental claims made by some of the world’s largest corporations as they seek to replace paper-based communications with lower cost electronic alternative...

The volume and value of Ghana’s timber exports has been falling in each of the past five months. The country secured Euro 62.65 million from the export of 116,952 cubic metres of wood products in the first 5 months of this year representing a 27% drop in value and a 31% drop in volumes compared to t...

Mondi Group and WWF International have renewed their global partnership for a further three years, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.In 2014 Mondi entered into a three-year global partnership with WWF, focusing on promoting environmental stewardship in the packagin...

Japan's plywood supply in June was 495,500 cubic metres, 0.1% less than June last year and 3.3% less than May, as ITTO reported. Imported plywood volume declined to 217,000 cubic metres because of decrease of Malaysian supply, which was about 22% less than June last year. D...

China’s log imports in the first half of 2017 totalled 25.89 million cubic metres valued at US$4.535 billion, a year on year increase of 8.3% in volume and 14% in value.The average price for imported logs was US$175 per cubic metre, a year on year increase of 6%. Of total log imports, softwood log i...

The net sales of the Precious Woods Group in the first half-year 2017 were Euro 22.5 million and thus 7.5 % higher than the same period of the previous year (Euro 20.9 million). The exchange rate effect was 0.4 %, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The gross profit ...

LLC Siberwood names Anzhelika Kryzhanovskaya as new CEO, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Malkov Sergey, who previously held the position of CEO, will remain on the company's Board of Directors and will be respmonsible for the strategic development of the company,...

Peter Ericsson has been appointed as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of Kährs Group’s management team. He replaces Torbjörn Clementz who leaves Kährs, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Peter Ericsson has been a member of Group management since 2007 and...

After 17 months of conversion, hardwood specialist Danzer re-opened its location in Souvans, France. By investing Euro 13 million in the site, Danzer responds to the ever-increasing demand for sliced wear layers in engineered hardwood flooring. From the beginning of 2018, the full capacity of about ...

3D laminate component producer Bierson Corporation has signed a license agreement with Välinge for the use of Threespine® click furniture technology, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. The Oregon-based company first met Välinge at the trade show IWF in Atlanta in 2...

KEA Industry has decided to invest in furniture production in Kazlų Rūda and advanced technology will offer an opportunity to double the production capacity. The construction of the factory is scheduled to begin this autumn and planned to be completed in the summer of 2019, as the company says in th...

After the market instability of 2016 the performance of the Brazilian furniture industry has started to improve. Between January to March this year furniture exports totalled U$141 million, an 8% increase compared to the same period in 2016, according to IEMI (IEMI - Inteligência de Mercado) analysi...

The value of Japan’s July imports of wooden doors was little changed from the previous month but was up 25% year-on-year, as ITTO reported.The three main suppliers in July were China (60%) the Philippines (19.5%) and Malaysia (8%) just topping shipments from Indonesia.These three have consistently t...

Klabin’s net revenue in 2Q 2017, including wood, was R$ 1,984 million ($638 million), 17% more than in the same period in 2016, principally a reflection of R$ 582 million ($187 million) in revenue from the pulp unit, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Revenue from s...

In 2017, a 50 companies make it onto 9th annual ranking of Russia's largest forest based companies, published by the Russian woodworking journal Lesnaya Industriya. Taken as a group, these companies have combined revenues of 482.8 billion roubles ($5.19 billion), up 17.5% from previous ranking. Ilim...

Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa S.A.) has acquired, from Valladolid, the waste management company Transcon Valladolid, S.A. With this acquisition, which amounts to Euro 3.7 million and represents multiple post synergistic gains of 5.3 times EBITDA, the company strengthens its position as...

Donaldson Timber Engineering appoints Sean Annells as new general manager of the Andover branch in the UK, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Sean joined DTE in 2015 as a design technician and has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. He first joined Gan...

Spain-based Pujolasos, one of the main producers of wooden packaging for perfumery, cosmetic and beverages has increased its production capacity from 25 million of caps to 50 million in only one year, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The growth is due to the diffe...

Builders FirstSource, Inc. announced that CEO Floyd Sherman, age 78, has advised the Company's Board of Directors that he intends to step down as CEO effective January 1, 2018.In accordance with the Company's succession plan, Paul S. Levy, Chairman of the Board, confirmed that the Board intends to a...

MacBeath Hardwood has announced the opening of a location in Stockton, California. The lot size is close to three acres, and the warehouse is 63,000 square feet.It is equipped with two dock doors, four grade level doors, and a fenced and paved yard. In addition to the warehouse space, there is 9,200...

The net sales of the Precious Woods Group in the first half-year 2017 were Euro 22.5 million and thus 7.5 % higher than the same period of the previous year (Euro 20.9 million). The exchange rate effect was 0.4 %, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The gross profit ...

Edwards Wood Products will open a new sawmill, creating 46 new jobs over three years. The manufacturer of wood pallets, high grade lumber, wood chips, and by-products will invest $30 million in the next three years to open a sawmill in Scotland County that will increase capacity and expand markets. ...

Valutec has ensured its tenth continuous kiln delivery in ten years to central Europe. This follows a further order from the German Ziegler Holzindustrie, Europe’s largest privately owned sawmill. The TC kiln to be delivered is currently the largest that Valutec has built in central Europe, and one ...

Moelven's operating profit for the 1H 2017 was NOK 258 million ($33 million), compared to NOK 205 million ($26.3 million) in the 1H 2016. Moelven earned NOK 156 million ($20 million) from operations in the 2Q the year. Operating profit for the 2Q was down by barely NOK 20 million ($2.6 million) on t...

Honkarakenne's net sales in the first half of the year saw significant year-on-year growth, amounting to Euro 17.9 million, up 24% on the previous year, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Operating result improved by Euro 2 million to Euro –0.1 million. At the end o...

Honkarakenne Oyj will start cooperation with day care centre operator Ipanala Oy with the design-and-build contract for a log-built day care centre in Lahti, Finland, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The contract is worth approximately Euro 2.6 million, including ...

The net sales of the Precious Woods Group in the first half-year 2017 were Euro 22.5 million and thus 7.5 % higher than the same period of the previous year (Euro 20.9 million). The exchange rate effect was 0.4 %, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The gross profit ...

Tom Sarno has been named Managing Director of Timberland and Farmland Operations for the Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.In the newly created position, Mr. Sarno will be responsible for overseeing the global property managem...

Phaunos Timber Fund Limited announces the resignation of Ian Burns as a Director. Ian has been replaced as Audit Chairman by Jon Bridel. Jon has substantial experience in investment management and corporate finance and has been CFO of two private multinational businesses. He has several years listed...

Announced jointly by Kruger Products and the Government of Québec in July 2016, the $55-million investment to purchase and install PM8 received a $39.5 million loan from Investissement Québec, which is acting as an agent of the Government of Québec in this project.The Company also took the opportuni...

Stora Enso Skutskär mill in Sweden is currently rebuilding their TM7. Cellwood Machinery AB has been awarded a contract to supply two horizontal grubbens pulpers for broke handling. The delivery will take place during the autumn of 2017, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom N...

Suzano Papel E Celulose S.A. has started the production and sale of jumbo rolls of tissue paper at its mill in Mucuri, in the state of Bahia in Brazil, as PaperAge reported.Suzano also said that another new tissue production line at its mill in Imperatriz in the state of Maranhão is expected to star...

Lecta has introduced a new Adestor hot-melt adhesive for packaging applications, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Adestor HM300 is a permanent hot-melt adhesive with a very high tack especially formulated for high-speed air-blow labelling. It performs well at low ...

UPM Raflatac launches an innovative new solution for brand promotion, protection and logistics applications. Developed in cooperation with cloud-based data and content management experts Magic Add, RafMore combines pressure-sensitive labels and unique machine-readable codes to open up completely...

Kruger Inc. announces a $377.6 million transaction to diversify operations at its Brompton and Wayagamack Mills into specialty niches, such as flexible food packaging, labelling and digital printing. This major project, undertaken in partnership with the Government of Québec, will help to maintain m...

SAICA selected Greycon to implement opt-Studio, Greycon’s advanced scheduling planning system. All systems went live for the first pilot mill in France. With this initial go-live, SAICA has improved visibility over French production planning, done completely remotely from Spain offices.Greycon’s opt...

Tetra Pak's Packaging Material Converting Factory in Denton, Texas, is getting ready for new technology to support the growth of its business in the U.S. and Canada. The plant's expanded capabilities are made possible through a sizeable Euro 30 million investment in factory upgrades, including a new...

International Paper plans to invest approximately $300 million to convert its No. 15 paper machine at the Riverdale mill in Selma, Alabama, from uncoated freesheet to high quality whitetop linerboard and containerboard. The conversion is targeted to be completed by mid-year 2019. The investment will...

The Territorial Delegation of Environment and Spatial Planning in Huelva, Spain, has communicated to Ence (Energía and Celulosa) the Integrated Environmental Authorization of the future low emission renewable energy plant with biomass of 40 MW that the company will build in its Huelva operating head...

Kimberly-Clark has entered long-term power purchase agreements to take 120 MW or 78% of electricity to be generated by the Rock Falls Wind project being developed by EDF Renewables in northern Oklahoma and 125 MW or 42% of the electricity to be generated by the Santa Rita Wind Energy Center being bu...

Domsjös environmental management system has now, after an external audit, been approved according to the ISO 14001 standard, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.They have approved the working method implemented to control, drive and follow up Domsjös environmental wo...

In the context of a more positive economic environment – with the exception of the UK, Antalis' sales came in at Euro 1,205 million, down 4.1% in 1H 2016 (and down 2.1% at constant exchange rates). This reflects the slight decline in Paper volumes and an unfavourable forex impact amounting to Euro 2...

Nordic Paper Holding is changing the ownership as Shanying Paper International is about to acquire the pulp- and paper company. CEO Per Bjurbom from Nordic Paper has signed the cooperation agreement together with Shanying Paper Internationals Chairman of the Board, Wu Mingwu, as the company said in ...

With the new AGISTAR™ SSA side-mounted agitator, Sulzer has taken a significant step to further decrease power consumption and reduce the environmental impact of its product portfolio.AGISTAR™ SSA is designed for demanding applications in various industries, such as pulp and paper, biofuels, food, s...

Arauco’s board approved the Dissolving Pulp project for Valdivia Pulp Mill, a $185 million investment to produce a range of products such as textile fiber, cellophane paper and filters. This project –during whose construction peak will employ 1,400 workers—will allow the company to innovate with gre...

Andritz has completed start-up of key production technologies and equipment for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. All Andritz processes were started up successfully on schedule, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.Fibria’s new pulp mi...

The Schweighofer Group focuses on its core business of wood processing and sells its subsidiary Schweighofer Fiber GmbH in Hallein, Austria, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network. Schweighofer Fiber was acquired by Tower Brook Capital Partners, a company...

Stora Enso announced in February plans to permanently close down one paper machine 8 (PM8) and related reorganisation at the Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden that could affect a maximum of 140 people at the mill. PM8 was permanently shut down in June, and the negotiations between central parties h...

Laakirchen Papier possesses over thirty years of experience in the production of high-gloss magazine paper for heatset weboffset and rotogravure printing and from this August, the Upper Austrian paper manufacturer will be producing SC paper on its paper machine 11 (PM11).This has been enlarged at a ...

In 2017, a 50 companies make it onto 9th annual ranking of Russia's largest forest based companies, published by the Russian woodworking journal Lesnaya Industriya. Taken as a group, these companies have combined revenues of 482.8 billion roubles ($5.19 billion), up 17.5% from previous ranking. Ilim...

Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, today announced the launch of a free online tool that allows paper and packaging industry customers to search for products within the company’s entire range of colorants.Already known for its pioneering color management services for the tex...

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc begins to restart core systems at its Fernandina Beach, Florida, and Jesup, Georgia, facilities after Hurricane Irma passed through the area, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.The Company expects operations to be running at full prod...

Teknos has built a technology and training center in the company’s Rajamäki facilities in Finland. The center will serve Teknos’ clients and staff as training facilities and paint showroom, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.“We felt that we needed a place where we ...

AB Grigeo and UAB Grigeo Baltwood signed a letter of intent with the German company Homanit Holding GmbH regarding the sale of 100% of the shares of UAB Grigeo Baltwood.Upon accomplishment of the transaction, within a period of a year and a half, Homanit Holding GmbH intends to invest Euro 65 millio...

Sonae Indústria reports unaudited сonsolidated кesults for the 1H 2017. Consolidated turnover for the first half of the year reached Euro 121.8 million, an improvement of 1% vs. 1H 2016 (Euro 1.2 million) benefiting from the appreciation of the Canadian dollar vs. the Euro.Sonae Indústria consolidat...

KEA Industry has decided to invest in furniture production in Kazlų Rūda and advanced technology will offer an opportunity to double the production capacity. The construction of the factory is scheduled to begin this autumn and planned to be completed in the summer of 2019, as the company says in th...